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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Bermondsey 1892
Report on the sanitary condition of the Parish of Bermondsey for the year 1892
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TABLE IV.
Sanitary Work, &c., during the Year, Lady-day, 1892, to Lady-day, 1893.
Houses, &c., inspected and reported to the Vestry by the Medical
Officer of Health, and the Sanitary Inspector.
Houses and other premises inspected
10584
Notices served to execute works, &c.
8349
Houses in a dirty and dilapidated condition, cleansed and
repaired, etc.
770
Houses disinfected, cleansed and purified
896
Houses disinfected, to satisfaction of Medical Attendant
86
Cases of overcrowding abated
7
Houses closed as unfit for habitation
55
W.C.'s repaired, ventilated, and whitewashed
271
Closets panned and trapped or old pans cleansed
308
Closets supplied with water
224
Defective drains repaired
781
Stopped drains cleared
251
Untrapped sinks trapped
301
Cesspools abolished
13
Badly paved yards repaired
402
Water receptacles cleansed and repaired
93
Houses supplied with water
14
Defective roofs repaired
109
Defective rain-shoots and gutters repaired
193
Offensive accumulations removed
32
Houses drained direct into the public sewer
136
Defective water apparatus in w.c.'s repaired
186
TABLE IV. Sanitary Work, &c., during the Year, Lady-day, 1892, to Lady-day, 1893. Houses, &c., inspected and reported to the Vestry by the Medical Officer of Health, and the Sanitary Inspector.
| Houses and other premises inspected | 10584 |
| Notices served to execute works, &c. | 8349 |
| Houses in a dirty and dilapidated condition, cleansed and repaired, etc. | 770 |
| Houses disinfected, cleansed and purified | 896 |
| Houses disinfected, to satisfaction of Medical Attendant | 86 |
| Cases of overcrowding abated | 7 |
| Houses closed as unfit for habitation | 55 |
| W.C.'s repaired, ventilated, and whitewashed | 271 |
| Closets panned and trapped or old pans cleansed | 308 |
| Closets supplied with water | 224 |
| Defective drains repaired | 781 |
| Stopped drains cleared | 251 |
| Untrapped sinks trapped | 301 |
| Cesspools abolished | 13 |
| Badly paved yards repaired | 402 |
| Water receptacles cleansed and repaired | 93 |
| Houses supplied with water | 14 |
| Defective roofs repaired | 109 |
| Defective rain-shoots and gutters repaired | 193 |
| Offensive accumulations removed | 32 |
| Houses drained direct into the public sewer | 136 |
| Defective water apparatus in w.c.'s repaired | 186 |